Exposure to asbestos: Psychological responses of mesothelioma patients
作者:
Allen H. Lebovits,
A. Philippe Chahinian,
Jimmie C. Holland,
期刊:
American Journal of Industrial Medicine
(WILEY Available online 1983)
卷期:
Volume 4,
issue 3
页码: 459-466
ISSN:0271-3586
年代: 1983
DOI:10.1002/ajim.4700040306
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: risk information;asbestos exposure;psychological response;mesothelioma;smoking
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThirty‐eight patients with a diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma participated in a semistructured interview to evaluate asbestos exposure, acquisition of increased risk information, and retrospective reporting of cognitive and behavioral reactions (particularly smoking behavior) to risk information. Twenty‐eight patients (74%) had direct occupational contact with asbestos, and six patients (16%) reported indirect nonoccupational exposure to asbestos. Only two (10%) of the directly exposed patients acquired risk in formation from professional sources prior to diagnosis of mesothelioma. The most frequently reported reaction to learning of increased risk of cancer was a denial of the risk by minimizing personal exposure. Few patients reported being concerned about the information of increased risk. Smoking behavior did not change as a result of risk information, nor was there any increase in visits to physicians. Guidelines for psychosocial management of at‐risk groups are recomm
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